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Training and Education Statement

PE&RC Training and Education Statement

With the training and education activities listed

below, the PhD candidate has complied with

the requirements set by the C.T. de Wit Graduate

School for Production Ecology and Resource

Conservation (PE&RC) which comprises of a

minimum total of 32 ECTS (= 22 weeks of activities)

Review of literature (6 ECTS)

• Approaches to stimulate the development of new varieties for organic

agriculture (2007)

Writing of project proposal (4.5 ECTS)

• Designing breeding strategies for organic broccoli (brassica oleracea L. var.

italica) in the USA: genotype-environment-management interactions for

agronomical and nutritional aspects, and stakeholder involvement

Post-graduate courses (6 ECTS)

• Basic statistics; PE&RC (2008)

• Advanced statistics; PE&RC (2008)

• Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a sustainable world; PE&RC (2008)

Laboratory training and working visits (3 ECTS)

• Broccoli breeding and germplasm conservation; Department of Horticulture,

Oregon State University (2008)

• Broccoli phytochemical analysis training; University of Illinois (2008)

Deiciency, refresh, brush-up courses (3 ECTS)

• Organic plant breeding (2007)

• Plant breeding (2008)

• Breeding for resistance & quality (2009)

Competence strengthening / skills courses (4.5 ECTS)

• -Academic writing; WUR (2010)

• -INSEAD Professional development training for senior managers; Enza Zaden

/ INSEAD (2011-2012)

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